Psalms 21:12-13

21:12 For you make them retreat ¹ 

when you shoot your arrows at them. ² 

21:13 Rise up, O Lord, in strength! ³ 

We will sing and praise ⁴  your power!

[21:12]  ¹ tn Heb “you make them a shoulder,” i.e., “you make them turn and run, showing the back of their neck and shoulders.”

[21:12]  ² tn Heb “with your bowstrings you fix against their faces,” i.e., “you fix your arrows on the bowstrings to shoot at them.”

[21:13]  ³ tn Heb “in your strength,” but English idiom does not require the pronoun.

[21:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “sing praise.”